Want To Be Successful? Change Your Last Name.

The names put forward as belonging in the first half of the alphabet were mostly politicians.

I'm sorry... but holding a pollie up as something to aspire to isn't MY idea of a good role-model.

In fact, I have to agree with a particular author, whose name escapes me for the moment, when he said something like: people who Want to be politicians and leaders of countries are NOT the people who should be given the job. Those who do not want it should be given it and will make better leaders.

Also, while the names may be spread evenly throughout the English alphabet, are they traditional English names or are the names which have been Englisized?

I may be able to write and pronounce Streisand but that doesn't mean it's a traditional English name.

And how much "success" is passed down merely to be held on to by the younger members of a particular family?

There are too many variables and un-answered questions for such a blanket statement that, you have more chance of being rich if your name is in the first half of the alphabet, to be viable.

Michael Ross.